Ryan Finnigan is an Associate Research Director for the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, helping design and execute the center’s research agenda. His research has focused on homelessness in California, and poverty and social policy both in the United States overall and internationally.

Prior to joining the Terner Center, Ryan was an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. Ryan has a PhD and MA in Sociology from Duke University, and a BA in Sociology and BS in Mathematics from Indiana University.